Critical Thinking

A majority of humankind is content with existing in a state of constant distraction, unable or unwilling to truly discern the nature of their world and life.

I can make that statement with enough confidence that only a few people on the planet would be able to make an opposing argument and plausibly defend it in a good conversation.

(Hint: if you thought the the first statement was insulting, the second statement arrogant, or if you "just don't care" then you most likely are not one of the people qualified to create a suitable retort. And you are probably one of the people that I have depicted in the first statement.)

ok, ok... moving on. Here is the first tip to increase your intelligence:

1. Define everything. Do not slip into a habit of just accepting the given "meaning" of something. Pick up a dictionary, read articles, talk with people, gain a perspective on everything you discuss and think about.

"Where are you?"

I am here...

"Where are you?"

I am here in Houston, Texas

"Where are you?"

I am here in a composition of atoms, organized into clusters or molecules (most of which are commonly termed "water"), which themselves have formed into macro-groups commonly refered to as tissue, fluid, also called cells, these cells are organized into tissue and fluid systems which are contained as one 5'5" unit, called Sidhartha Sen, which is in a shell of materials called clothing, upon a chair, fixed within an outer shell called shelter, this shelter being called an apartment, with a positional situation within Houston, Texas, USA, North America, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way, Universe...

"Who are you?"

Uh, oh...

"How do you know"

ok, stop

"what do you believe?"

"what do you know?"

"why"

"How do you work?"

"How do you come to have knowledge?"

So many simple questions and most people have minds that are two weak to answer them... even in a silent moment of meditation.

So then how can these people claim to have "faith" "belief in God" "support for Democracy" "a relationship" with anything; when they don't even know what they mean when they say these things?